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TestDisk and PhotoRec got some reviews on the Net. They are also cited in various data recovery stories.

## 2009

- TestDisk, Data Recovery

By Olzen Khaw, 2009/01/28

- Recuperare files persi da pen drive, Hard Disk e memorie flash con PhotoRec

By Pierluigi Emmulo, 2009/01/23

- How to Recover Pictures / Data deleted from a Mobile Phone

By Shane McCallum, 2009/01/18

- PC ER: How-To Recover Photos/Videos/Data from a Damaged SD Card

2009/01/05

- Recuperare facilmente i files eliminati per sbaglio su sistemi GNU/Linux.

By Paolo Smedile, 2009/01/03

## 2008

- Recovering Photos from a Corrupt Memory Card with PhotoRec

By Jeffrey Friedl, 2008/12/03

- Beratung: Datenrettung mit „TestDisk“

By Fiona Meg Riessler, 2008/12/01

- Recuperare le foto cancellate dalla fotocamera

By Salvatore Aranzulla, 2008/11/04

- Daten retten mit Photo Rec

By Stephan Wiesend, 2008/09/16

- TestDisk Review

By Mark Keller, 2008/09/12

- Recovering files encrypted by Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak using PhotoRec

Kaspersky Lab, 2008/06/04: After encrypting files, the virus deletes the original but PhotoRec can recover it.

- Recover deleted files Video

Source: CNet TV, 2008/05/28

- Recovering photos from camera

By Abel Cheung, 2008/05/26
The conclusion of this comparative is “scalpel is utterly useless when discovering digital photos, while other 4 tools (foremost, photorec, magicrescue, recoverjpeg) achieve similar degree of recovery, with PhotoRec edging out the other 3.”

- BootCamp/SP1 White Screen of Death: A Solution

By Mike Wojo, 2008/04/13

- Photorec, come ti recupero i dati persi.

Source: Il Fornaio, 2008/03/27

- TestDisk: recupera particiones, MFT, MBR, datos perdidos, …

By Dale Al Teclado, 2008/02/11

- Récupérer des données perdues ou effacées sous Linux avec PhotoRec

Source: Tux-planet, Linux et les Logiciels libres, 2008/01/15

- Gelöschte Bilder retten - kostenlos

By Carsten Knobloch, 2008/01/10

## 2007

- Easy Flash Drive Data Recovery with PhotoRec

Author: Kent Brewster

- Data Recovery With TestDisk HowTo

Author: Falko Timme

- Recover files from a flash memory card

Source: Make

- Data Recovery with (free) PhotoRec in OS X

By: David Pearson
Imagine my horror when I went to process the photos on my memory card only to find that they were gone. And these weren't just any photos, but rather a day's worth of before and after photos of patients (in my real life, I'm a facial plastic surgeon)...

- Data Carving with PhotoRec to retrieve deleted files from formatted drives for forensics and disaster recovery.

Author: Adrian Crenshaw
This video introduces the concept of data carving/file carving for recovering deleted files, even after a drive has been formatted.

- How to f**k up your hard disk and how to recover it

Source: n0id's blog

- How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks

Source: My PKB's blog

- Recovering lost partitions

Author: Duncan Hill
How to make the CEO happy by recovering his daughter’s desktop.

- Memories of a Media Card (Slashdot)

Anyone who has upgraded their digital camera probably has a few older, incompatible media cards lying around — so why not post them on Ebay? Well, if you do, be sure to properly wipe them because the digital voyeurs are watching. Seth Fogie at InformIT.com purchased a bunch of used cards from Ebay and found recoverable data on most of them. Using the freely available PhotoRec application, he was able to extract pictures, movies, and more from apparently formatted cards. The picture is clear — wipe anything that can store digital data before getting rid of it.

## 2006

- Stealing Your Family Vacation: Memories of a Media Card

Author: Seth Fogie

- Photorec - Ultimate file recovery tool

Author: KaruppuSwamy Thangaraj

- PhotoRec: a free tool to recover data from flash memory

Source: cdfreaks

- Photorec zachrání smazané fotky z flashky

Author: Martin Bartoň

- TestDisk & PhotoRec (Japanese)
- How to recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive

By: Shawn Hermans - Linux.com
Recently I wanted to make sure I had enough space to back up my home digital videos and pictures, so I purchased a new hard drive to add to my home Linux server. I moved all the files I wanted to save onto a single hard drive and repartitioned the old hard drive so I could upgrade to a newer version of Linux. After going through the process of reinstalling the operating system, I mounted the backup hard drive and discovered that it was empty. I had some how mixed up the hard drive I used to back up all the data with a hard drive that I wanted to wipe. Because I had done such a poor job of retaining backups on external media, I did not have any backups of my pictures and videos.

- Your HDD Is Missing a Slice? Try TestDisk for a change

Author: Ionut Ilascu, Softpedia

- Testdisk saved my Ubuntu bacon

Author: Jeff Potts

- Recovering from file system corruption using TestDisk

Authot: Ido Perelmutter

- TestDisk: Solution which will work in most cases

Source: CNet

- Recuperando partições deletadas e corrigindo sistemas de arquivos corrompidos

Author: Carlos E. Morimoto

- Install free tools to possibly recover media card files

Author: tahiti - MacOSXHints.com

- Récupération de données: PhotoRec

Author: Falkra - libellules.ch

## 2005

- Beginners Guides: Flash Memory Data Recovery and Protection
- TestDisk
- JPG Recovery using PhotoRec

## 2004

- Testdisk Réparer une table de partition endommagée

## 2003

- TESTDISK, The Holy Grail
- Using the TestDisk Recovery Utility to Recover a FAT32 'Lost' Partition
- Hard Drive Data Recovery: Freeware Data Recovery Programs

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